August 2020: The Finance Issue
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Issue Features & Takeaways:
- The natural products industry can do more to connect investors with entrepreneurs of color
- As communities of color suffer higher incidence of chronic conditions linked to poor nutrition, the nutrition industry remains slow to respond with investment
- Investor capital remains ample, but in order to access it, brands will have to demonstrate good leadership and resiliency
- After a pandemic-induced freeze, M&A is back on track—but with a whole new set of rules
- Slipping from its “it” status, hemp CBD faces plummeting prices throughout the value chain and continued regulatory uncertainty
- 2020 has been a challenging year, especially for small brands trying to get noticed—by consumers and investors—as panic buying ebbs and sales move online
- Wellvest’s David Thibodeau writes that the Covid pandemic is a moment that proves the value in the natural products industry mission
